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The conquest of the mountains : state violence, technology, and authoritarianism in the Ottoman East /

"This study examines the massacres in the Sasun region in 1893-1894, analyzing how the Ottoman State colonized its eastern mountainous peripheries. Owen Robert Miller considers how three nascent technologies (modern firearms, steamboats, and telegraphs) centralized Ottoman authority and entrenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Owen Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Massacres > Turkey > Sason > History > 19th century.
Armenians > Turkey > Sason > History > 19th century.
Sason (Turkey) > History > 19th century.
Armenian question.
Armenian massacres, 1894-1896 > Foreign public opinion, British.
Technology and state > Turkey > History > 19th century.
Arméniens > Turquie > Sason > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Question arménienne.
Massacres > Turquie > Sason > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Armenian question
Armenians > History.
Massacres > History.
Technology and state
Turkey > Sason
Turkey
1800-1899
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Summary:"This study examines the massacres in the Sasun region in 1893-1894, analyzing how the Ottoman State colonized its eastern mountainous peripheries. Owen Robert Miller considers how three nascent technologies (modern firearms, steamboats, and telegraphs) centralized Ottoman authority and entrenched rule in hitherto autonomous regions."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xiv, 241 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009524957
100952495X
9781009524964
1009524968